Lailah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,592 for girls
Lailah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,592nd for girls in the US (131 babies).
What does Lailah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Layla; the Hebrew word is similar
“night”
A spelling of Layla; in Jewish legend Lailah is also the name of an angel who watches over conception and birth.
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Is Lailah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lailah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 131 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lailah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Lailah, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 37 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Lailah than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Lailah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 girls in the UK were given Lailah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #32, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Lailah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Lailah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,592among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 131about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 131 girls in the US were named Lailah, making it the 1,592nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,046th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 451 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer girls named Lailah than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Lailah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,110 girls in the US were given Lailah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #15, up from #1,592 for this spelling alone.
Lailah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,592 |
| 2024 | 221 | #1,105 |
| 2023 | 218 | #1,124 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,304 |
| 2021 | 204 | #1,191 |
| 2020 | 240 | #1,046 |
| 2019 | 274 | #960 |
| 2018 | 333 | #815 |
| 2017 | 345 | #794 |
| 2016 | 402 | #708 |
| 2015 | 408 | #697 |
| 2014 | 406 | #695 |
| 2013 | 414 | #683 |
| 2012 | 400 | #702 |
| 2011 | 396 | #702 |
| 2010 | 451 | #650 |
| 2009 | 364 | #778 |
| 2008 | 310 | #895 |
| 2007 | 255 | #1,036 |
| 2006 | 193 | #1,250 |
| 2005 | 173 | #1,290 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,386 |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,497 |
| 2002 | 86 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Lailah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Hafsa Nusaybah Hiba Sumayyah Farah Aaminah Rahma Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Lailah
Names related to Lailah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lailah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lailah, updated 20 October 2026.